Intel demos working 14-nm Broadwell chip, to ship soon

IDF — Today, during his opening keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich demonstrated a working laptop based on a 14-nm chip. The processor, code-named Broadwell, is a die-shrunk version of the 22-nm Haswell parts underpinning today's Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs.

Krzanich didn't offer too many details, but he revealed that Intel's 14-nm process is now viable. The company expects 14-nm Broadwell processors to begin shipping by the end of this year, with products reaching the hands of end users in 2014.